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lutheranhymns) wrote2019-03-14 11:52 pm
lutheranhymns) wrote2019-03-14 11:52 pm
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#363: Come, You Faithful, Raise the Strain
Does this exhibit a Northern-hemisphere bias?
With the winter and spring themes? Yes.
What about the feminine rhymes?
We get "portal" and "mortal" which is pretty neat--I usually only come across reference to "portals" in a speculative-fiction sense, so even if it's probably just referencing the stone in front of the tomb, it gives me a mental image of Jesus radiantly bursting out. The next verse follows that up with "portal/immortal," however (and it's "tomb's dark portal" both times!) and the novelty wears off a little
What about the feminine imagery?
Spring is apparently the "queen of seasons" (see above).
With the winter and spring themes? Yes.
What about the feminine rhymes?
We get "portal" and "mortal" which is pretty neat--I usually only come across reference to "portals" in a speculative-fiction sense, so even if it's probably just referencing the stone in front of the tomb, it gives me a mental image of Jesus radiantly bursting out. The next verse follows that up with "portal/immortal," however (and it's "tomb's dark portal" both times!) and the novelty wears off a little
What about the feminine imagery?
Spring is apparently the "queen of seasons" (see above).